Possibly stress. But maybe something simpler. Do you go to bed soon after eating dinner?

I was having a lot of death dreams and assorted other nightmares a few years ago. Someone suggested to me that abstaining from eating within 4 to 6 hours of going to bed may alleviate the problem. Sure enough, that was it.... at least for me.

"To dream that you die in your dream, symbolizes inner changes, transformation, self-discovery and positive development that is happening within you or in your life. Although such a dreams may bring about feelings of fear and anxiety, it is no cause for alarm and is often considered a positive symbol. Dreams of experiencing your own death usually means that big changes are ahead for you. You are moving on to new beginnings and leaving the past behind. These changes does not necessarily imply a negative turn of events. Metaphorically, dying can be seen as an end or a termination to your old ways and habits. So, dying does not always mean a physical death, but an ending of something.

On a negative note, to dream that you die may represent involvement in deeply painful relationships or unhealthy, destructive behaviors. You may feeling depressed or feel strangled by a situation or person in your waking life. Perhaps your mind is preoccupied with someone who is terminally ill or dying. Alternatively, you may be trying to get out of some obligation, responsibility or other situation."

Nightmares can be caused by diet too. They used to say that eating cheese before going to bed could cause nightmares. Try eating earlier or eating something different. Don't drink either and go straight to bed.

The only thing close to what GL said that I've experienced was dreaming that I was falling from a great height and waking after hitting the floor in real life after rolling out of my bed. It happens a lot in movies, but it happened to me in real life. It sucked.

Unfortunately I haven't had any dreams I can remember in the last 5 years or so I still dream, though, if I am to believe the people around me. Apparently I talk in my sleep and dream of the weirdest things...

I have the falling dreams regularly (Not as in a lot just at regular intervals), or at least used to.
It was never because I rolled out of bed but when I woke it always felt as if I had just landed back into my bed with a small shock spasm. :/

I know what u mean i used to dreams when i was 4 years old where I'd be in the army and I'd die being a hero... you know running through a couple hundred bullets, killing like 5000 bad guys, and then dieing. Those were pretty sweet dreams.

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